According to legend, the Aksumite king Ezana (reigned ca ... Although the ancient civilizations of the Horn of Africa have remained on the periphery of research compared to other contemporaneous ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

10th century geographer Al-Bakri, quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing the opulence surrounding the King of Ghana The ...

Africa used to boast a rich royal heritage, where kings ruled supreme over their communities and countries. Although many essentially performed a ceremonial role, the kings garnered substantial ...

22,000), the chief city of the British protectorate of Uganda and the ancient tribal capital of ... Makerere College, the university of East Africa, occupies hill No. 5; on the sixth live 2,000 ...

The king of a North African country is thought to be one of continent's richest leaders, with three stunning palaces. King Mohammed VI ascended to the Moroccan throne in 1999 following the death ...